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Carvin tube amps?
http://carvin.com/products/single.p...=MTS3200&CID=GA
I've been thinking about purchasing a very-high quality amplifier head ( does'nt necessarily have to be tube ... just good! ) for about 700 or less. I've been considering either a Crate, Randall, or Marshall AVT 50, but then this one caught my eye. Only thing is ... if I bought it, it would be a totally blind purchase ... I did a search in these forums and I could'nt find anything pertaining to carvin tube amps. So have any of you tried this amp?
any response will be appreciated.
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2004-09-12, 10:18
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The Carvin or the Crate, the AVT50 won't do you no good, Randalls are quite nice but they're solidstate. You can get a used Blue Voodoo for cheap and then a 1960 cab also cheap. The Carvin is nice and theyre cabs for that series are loaded with celestions. BTW there are some sound clips of the MTS on the site.
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2004-09-12, 18:06
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the new randall G2 series are sick as fuck dude, they can cover death metal to thrash, to jazz (seriously). its a great amp for the price and you can then get a good cab to go with it.
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2004-09-12, 19:06
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Carvin makes high quality stuff. That amp looks cool cause you can put all sorts of tubes in it. I havent played it though, so you should rey and find some reviews or something. Or play it if you can.
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2004-09-12, 19:10
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i hear its high gain setting sounds akin to a 5150.
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find some reviews or something. .
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yea check out harmoney central
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As far as cabs go, I already have a 4x10 w/ tweeter. So the actual amplification won't be a problem 
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2004-09-12, 21:33
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try playing metal on a fender deville and youll have gone wrong.
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2004-09-13, 01:44
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Carvin amps don't have good distortion, little gain. Same with thier pickups.
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Go with the blue voodoo. Its actually good unlike the carvin.
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Has anyone tried a Soldano or a THD amplifier?
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I just saw a local band that had a full carvin tube amp. It seemed to do the job pretty well, and I think it could have done a better job if they didn't mic it.
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